Tin Drovers Hut mattress copper strands exposed where the

copper strands exposed where the wiring was pulled down

Part of the O-I Glass series

its lettering faded but still legible

rust working across every metal surface

Built by owner-builder David Smith Todd between 1880 and 1894

Tin Drovers Hut mattress copper strands exposed where theA corrugated iron drovers' hut stands in open, dry country, its walls deep with rust from decades of exposure. Structures like this were built to shelter drovers moving stock across the Monaro and surrounding plains, simple single room shelters against the elements. The research file notes over 200 historic huts survive across the Australian Alps national parks; many more, unprotected, remain on private pastoral land. Part of the A Place to Call Home